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Fifteen Minute Gap

Name: Fifteen Minute Gap
Rating: 1.4

5.6 YDS 4c French 14 Ewbanks V UIAA 12 ZA S 4b British

Routes in Watergate Rock

L › R R › L A › Z

	Dirty Tricks T 5.11d 7a 24 VIII 25 E5 6a
	Fifteen Minute Gap T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	H.R. Hardman T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c PG13
	I Am Not A Crook T 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
	Malicious Deception T 5.11b 6c 23 VIII- 23 E3 5c
	Midday Lightning S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Nick of Time S 5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a
	Pardon Me T 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a R
	Political Asylum T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	T-N-T S 5.10c 6b 20 VII 20 E2 5b
	T. Gordon Liddy T 5.11a 6c 22 VII+ 22 E3 5c
	Tricky Dick S 5.9 5c 17 VI 17 HVS 5a
	Unsightly Blemishes T 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
	White Collar Crime T 5.6 4c 14 V 12 S 4b
	White House Plumbers TR 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c

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Type:	Trad, 60 ft (18 m)
FA:	Dave Houser & Kendall Downing, April 1976
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Shared By:	Eric Burt on May 30, 2006 · Updates
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Description

This is not a particularly memorable climb, but it does provide an easy way to the top of the formation where TRs can be set for other routes if desired. It is a crack but there are plenty of face moves to augment it as well.

Location

This route ascends the obvious crack on the right hand side of the east face of the formation. The crack is behind the large boulder that hosts the route Political Asylum. One can either start FMG in a small chimney behind the boulder, or scramble up left of the boulder to a nice belay ledge. The latter approach starts on easy face moves to reach the crack.